[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 30 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E315-E316]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 7, 1996

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, because of an unforeseen scheduling 
conflict, I was not in attendance for one recorded vote, rollcall vote 
No. 48.
  Had I been in attendance, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote 
No. 48.

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                     12-YEAR-OLD HAS POEM PUBLISHED

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                           HON. E de la GARZA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 7, 1996

  Mr. de la GARZA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with you and all 
of my House colleagues a poem written by Ericka L. Williams, the 12-
year-old daughter of one of my constituents. Ericka's poem has been 
selected for inclusion in the latest edition of the Anthology of Poetry 
by Young Americans.
  It is indeed quite an honor, and I want to take this occasion to 
congratulate her on this achievement.

                                  Life

     Life doesn't always go the way you wish it would, It goes the 
           way God thinks it should.
     Some people have everything. Some people have nothing.
     Some people live in mansions way up in the hills, some people 
           lie in trash cans way down in the city.
     Some people sit around wondering what to do with their money,
     Some people sit around worrying where to get money.
     Some people stand around on street corners begging for money 
           to get food so they won't starve.
     Some people sit at a table for two at a very expensive 
           Chinese restaurant.
     Some people sit about wondering what life is all about,
     While some people just don't care.

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